Urban Dragon Hunters: Blue-ringed Dancer

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Thursday, July 14, 2005

Blue-ringed Dancer

The Blue-ringed Dancer (Argia sedula) is the least common of the blue dancers in our area. Although I noted them along the Rouge River some years ago, I did not encounter them again until yesterday, when I obtained the necessary first voucher specimen to put them officially on the Wayne County list. I think they are the most beautiful of Michigan's Argias; this photo hardly does them justice.

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Most ecologists like to work in pristine areas. Urban areas are largely ignored. Since 2001, we have recorded 46 new species for Wayne County, MI, bringing the total to 95 species (there's a link to the checklist below).

Nannothemis is an ecologist, whose research focus is on the importance and function of urban ecosystems.

Stylurus is the husband of Nannothemis. He is an engineer, talented birder, keen naturalist, and pretty good with an insect net when his "old soccer injuries" aren't bothering him.

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